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richard engel, nbc news, southern afghanistan. >>> we may find out today when the two men accused of brutally beating giants fan bryan stow will go on trial. they will be in a los angeles courtroom today for pre-trial proceedings. in june, a judge ruled there is enough evidence to try both on assault an and mayhem charges. they are accused of attacking stow outside of the stadium. bryan stow is slowly recovering from the severe head trauma. he remains wheelchair bound and has to relearn almost everything. the family says he is making good progress, but is progressing slowly. >>> an experienced sky diver from napa county has plunged to his death while attempting a swooping move. 34-year-old donald brown was pronounced dead above byron airport on saturday night. friends say he may have misjudged his altitude. >>> the search is on for a new police chief in san jose after a surprise retirement announcement from current chief chris moore. concern for the san jose rising crime rate takes center stage at two meetings tonight from two parties with two messages. chris moore's decision to reti
richard engel, nbc news, southern afghanistan. >>> we may find out today when the two men accused of brutally beating giants fan bryan stow will go on trial. they will be in a los angeles courtroom today for pre-trial proceedings. in june, a judge ruled there is enough evidence to try both on assault an and mayhem charges. they are accused of attacking stow outside of the stadium. bryan stow is slowly recovering from the severe head trauma. he remains wheelchair bound and has to...
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richard engel reports. >> reporter: hamas is still firing rockets. about 40 today launched from this area in gaza and into israel. the military has the upper hand. israeli drones and ships have been targeting hamas military leaders killing them in their houses and on motorcycles and in their cars. there are civilian casualties. we went to a funeral for 11 people who were killed inside a home when israel targeted the home of the hamas military leader. he was killed in the home. some were many members of his family. there seem to be efforts to achieve a serious cease-fire. >> i hope over the coming days we can achieve cessation on a bases that is sustainable. >> reporter: the egyptian foreign minister is expected to visit gaza tomorrow. a source close to the israeli prime minister he would prefer a diplomatic invasion. here in gaza, people don't know which way it will develop. a full military assault with israeli tanks coming from that direction behind me or there will be a cease-fire. to go out on a limb here, i would say many gazans believe a cease-f
richard engel reports. >> reporter: hamas is still firing rockets. about 40 today launched from this area in gaza and into israel. the military has the upper hand. israeli drones and ships have been targeting hamas military leaders killing them in their houses and on motorcycles and in their cars. there are civilian casualties. we went to a funeral for 11 people who were killed inside a home when israel targeted the home of the hamas military leader. he was killed in the home. some were...
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richard engel joining us with a look at man of the crisis. >> reporter: new details emerging about the american staff sergeant, 38-year-old father of two arc excused of war crimes here in afghanistan. the suspect has retained a lawyer. the lawyer is speaking out. he describes his client as a decorated veteran who served three tours in iraq, one tour in hereinafter began stan, injured twice in iraq, one with a concussion, another injury to the foot. hess client wasn't expecting to receive that fourth deployment, the one here to afghanistan, he was training to be a recruiter when he received surprise information that he would have to go on yet another combat tour. >> i think that this case is more political than legal, and i'm used to legal things, not political things. i think there will be an effort to try to paint him as a rogue soldier rather than a focus on how we're treating our g.i.s in general and whether we should be over there to begin with. >> reporter: the damage on the ground may have been done. there have been protests. the president of afghanistan hamid karzai made a surpr
richard engel joining us with a look at man of the crisis. >> reporter: new details emerging about the american staff sergeant, 38-year-old father of two arc excused of war crimes here in afghanistan. the suspect has retained a lawyer. the lawyer is speaking out. he describes his client as a decorated veteran who served three tours in iraq, one tour in hereinafter began stan, injured twice in iraq, one with a concussion, another injury to the foot. hess client wasn't expecting to receive...
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we begin with richard engel. he has the latest developments, including details of an attack at the u.s. embassy in cairo, all prompted by an anti-muslim film made in america. >> reporter: here demonstrators rose up. they were agitated. they were infuriated that an internet video had been posted online, even though it had been posted online some time ago, ridiculing islam, ridiculing its prophet muhammad. those demonstrators went to the u.s. embassy. they scaled a wall. they pulled down a flag. they didn't hurt anybody inside. in benghazi, the more we learn about it, the less like that it seemed. it was a commando-style raid in benghazi where militants may have been angry about this same video, but they clearly moved in with a military-style tactic. they had rpgs. the attack on the consulate was carried thought two waves. that's the kind of thing in benghazi that is carried out by a militant group, by a terrorist group, by al qaeda potentially. and u.s. officials are looking into that right now. also wondering was
we begin with richard engel. he has the latest developments, including details of an attack at the u.s. embassy in cairo, all prompted by an anti-muslim film made in america. >> reporter: here demonstrators rose up. they were agitated. they were infuriated that an internet video had been posted online, even though it had been posted online some time ago, ridiculing islam, ridiculing its prophet muhammad. those demonstrators went to the u.s. embassy. they scaled a wall. they pulled down a...
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richard engel, nbc news along the turkish border. >>> still to come at 5:00, crews broke ground 70 years ago today for a bay area landmark that changed commuting forever. >>> and ran drew lk showed off his skills today. we will tell you how he did. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants... but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingredients, and miracle-gro plant food. just mix it in. and turn bad soil into great soil. helps plants grow twice as big. instead of holding 'em back, they'll leap ahead. miracle-gro garden soil. start right. finish big. [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories,
richard engel, nbc news along the turkish border. >>> still to come at 5:00, crews broke ground 70 years ago today for a bay area landmark that changed commuting forever. >>> and ran drew lk showed off his skills today. we will tell you how he did. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants... but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic...
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. >> that was richard engel reporting. watch for the latest on that situation at 5:00 on nbc bay area and at 5:30 on "nbc nightly news." >>> fbi agents fanned out on an island in alaska after two coast guard members were found shot to death at work. authorities call it a double homicide. the victims were at their work stations at the kodiak island communication base. the commanding officer of the station says it is equipped with security cameras but he doesn't yet know if they captured any evidence. it is the first murder at an alaskan coast guard facility in more than a decade. >>> to decision 2012. learning more about why rick santorum decided to pull out of the republican race. he said it was becoming too difficult to raise money since his loss in wisconsin. santorum says part of the fund-raising problem was because of constant media scrutiny about whether he would drop out. santorum suspended that campaign tuesday. >>> the president of california fish and game commission is off the hook today. dan richards made headlin
. >> that was richard engel reporting. watch for the latest on that situation at 5:00 on nbc bay area and at 5:30 on "nbc nightly news." >>> fbi agents fanned out on an island in alaska after two coast guard members were found shot to death at work. authorities call it a double homicide. the victims were at their work stations at the kodiak island communication base. the commanding officer of the station says it is equipped with security cameras but he doesn't yet know...
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in fact, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel just tweeted from the scene, a painfully long announcement of results still under way, going through complaints in detail, 35 minutes and counting. of course, we're waiting to see if a representative of the muslim brother hoot or the former prime minister will take over that country. we'll give you that news as soon as it is available. >>> a dead heat could lead to an limb shakeup. in the 100 meter women's race at saturday's olympic track and field finals, allison field on the left and san jose native, jennifer bartomo crossing the finish line exactly in third space. track representatives say one of the angles of the photo finish was blocked. >> it was inconclusive due to subdued torso. it is the torso that determines both time and place. >> now, u.s. track and field will have to figure out how to break the tie. ultimately decided who will make the third spot on the team. the race result isn't in dispute. >>> it's just a matter of time before college basketball's top players become millionaires. the nba draft is this thursday and
in fact, nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel just tweeted from the scene, a painfully long announcement of results still under way, going through complaints in detail, 35 minutes and counting. of course, we're waiting to see if a representative of the muslim brother hoot or the former prime minister will take over that country. we'll give you that news as soon as it is available. >>> a dead heat could lead to an limb shakeup. in the 100 meter women's race at saturday's...
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. >>> nbc news exclusive, richard engel inside syria with survivors who lived to tell of an unimaginable day. >>> hidden risks. millions of american men have been using it to grow hair, but tonight an alert from doctors about proceed peach that, serious side effects that could be permanent. >>> and rock of ages. they've been playing hard since jfk was in the white house. tonight mick and keith and company actually take time to
. >>> nbc news exclusive, richard engel inside syria with survivors who lived to tell of an unimaginable day. >>> hidden risks. millions of american men have been using it to grow hair, but tonight an alert from doctors about proceed peach that, serious side effects that could be permanent. >>> and rock of ages. they've been playing hard since jfk was in the white house. tonight mick and keith and company actually take time to
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nbc's richard engel is in israel, keeping tabs on these developments. our coverage continues on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt in just about ten minutes. >>> well, today is national wear red day. and the american heart association is using humor to send an important message about heart disease. >> it started out like a totally normal day. >> this short film is a humorous exaggeration of a typical working mother focused on everyone else's needs. the mom ignores the signs of a heart attack to get everyone out the door on time. the film may be funny, but the facts aren't. heart disease is the number oner of women. experts say you can reduce your risk by exercising, eating right and not smoking it drops a heavy hint to men to pay attention to the health of women in their lives. >>> several celebrities are taking part against prop 8 by taking part in a controversial play. martin sheen, jamie lee curtis will take place in the play 8 written by lance black. black says he was motived to wright "eight" after the supreme court ban public release of trial vid
nbc's richard engel is in israel, keeping tabs on these developments. our coverage continues on "nbc nightly news" with lester holt in just about ten minutes. >>> well, today is national wear red day. and the american heart association is using humor to send an important message about heart disease. >> it started out like a totally normal day. >> this short film is a humorous exaggeration of a typical working mother focused on everyone else's needs. the mom...
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our chief correspondent, richard engel, is following this above tahrir square. and richard, i guess if there is good news the protests are relatively small and relatively widespread? >> reporter: good evening, brian, it is important to keep it in context, not like the entire middle east is up in flames or americans are being hunted down, but there were many small violent protests, spreading to many countries. and the extremists seemed to have found from their perspective, is an effective tactic, attacking the embassies. >> reporter: the u.s. outposts are easy targets, in yemen for the second day, the furious protesters tried to burn the american flags as riot police fire water canons. gunshots can be heard. why? because they say the u.s. is not doing enough against the makers of the now famous anti-islam video. and in sudan, protesters turned their rage on the british and german embassies. those countries had nothing to do with the video, but the foreign western powers, they believe, that is enough. in cairo, the government called off massive planned demonstrati
our chief correspondent, richard engel, is following this above tahrir square. and richard, i guess if there is good news the protests are relatively small and relatively widespread? >> reporter: good evening, brian, it is important to keep it in context, not like the entire middle east is up in flames or americans are being hunted down, but there were many small violent protests, spreading to many countries. and the extremists seemed to have found from their perspective, is an effective...
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here's nbc's richard engel with an update from the turkish/syrian boarder. >> representatives for more than 70 countries meeting node tunisia to call on the syrian government to immediately implement a cease fe-fire and aw in humanitarian aid. >> we want a peaceful solution. we cannot assure this without a cease-fire. >> reporter: two problems with the call, russia, country that has the most influence over syria, is boycotting the meeting and, two, as things stand now, any humanitarian corridor would need the copration of the syrian government which remains unlikely. >> cities under siege and what we're desperate to do is try to get a proper assessment of what's going on so we can get urgently needed supplies in. >> reporter: kofi anan, former secretary-general of the united nations, appointed as special envoy to the syrian crisis but it's unclear how much authority he really has. and on the ground, in syria, the situation remains the same. the syrian government is maintaining the offensive. protesters did take to the streets message of defiance. >>> grim outlook for the dutch prince c
here's nbc's richard engel with an update from the turkish/syrian boarder. >> representatives for more than 70 countries meeting node tunisia to call on the syrian government to immediately implement a cease fe-fire and aw in humanitarian aid. >> we want a peaceful solution. we cannot assure this without a cease-fire. >> reporter: two problems with the call, russia, country that has the most influence over syria, is boycotting the meeting and, two, as things stand now, any...
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nbc's richard engel reports from kabul on the attempts to. >> reporter: it comes at a time of strained u.s.-afghan relations, he began in helmand where he's meeting with troops, local afghan officials, expected to convey a message from president obama to president hamid karzai that justice will be done in the case of the american staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. >> we have to learn the lessons from each of those incidents so that we do everything possible to make sure that they don't happen again. >> reporter: we have also been told that several afghan officials have been shown a surveillance video that shows the moment when the american staff sergeant returned to his base and surrendered to american soldiers. in this video, the staff sergeant could be seen putting his wel weapon on the ground, racing his hand in the air. we've also been told when specifically asked about the shooting, the staff sergeant said i did it. this is now a major international incident that secretary panetta and other u.s. officials are trying to contain. richard engel, nbc news, kabul. >
nbc's richard engel reports from kabul on the attempts to. >> reporter: it comes at a time of strained u.s.-afghan relations, he began in helmand where he's meeting with troops, local afghan officials, expected to convey a message from president obama to president hamid karzai that justice will be done in the case of the american staff sergeant accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. >> we have to learn the lessons from each of those incidents so that we do everything possible to...
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engel, good evening, richard. >> reporter: good evening, brian, israel is continuing its air strikes in gaza. in fact, it still smells of smoke here from one not far away a short time ago. a truce could be coming but it seems that the two sides will fight right up until the moment it is signed. one of gaza's tallest buildings on fire. witnesses say it was just attacked by an israeli drone. inside this building are the offices of hamas's television station, the second time in two days it has been targeted by israel, and this time there are casualties. as fire trucks put out the flames, word came from a militant who was killed inside. israel has details about the palestinian militants and seems to be ticking off its hit list, but not always with such precision. palestinians today buried 11 people, including children from the same family, and this morning, israel fired here, killing three people. >> in two minutes they destroyed all of these houses. >> reporter: hamas is not saying how many of their militants israel has assassinated in the last couple of days, by the count, it is 40, th
engel, good evening, richard. >> reporter: good evening, brian, israel is continuing its air strikes in gaza. in fact, it still smells of smoke here from one not far away a short time ago. a truce could be coming but it seems that the two sides will fight right up until the moment it is signed. one of gaza's tallest buildings on fire. witnesses say it was just attacked by an israeli drone. inside this building are the offices of hamas's television station, the second time in two days it...
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richard engel joins me here in our location in kabul. you have new details about the attack that happened in the east here this morning. >> reporter: 20% of u.s. combat deaths are now caused by these insider attacks. this latest one took place yesterday in wardak province. the american troops were setting up a checkpoint there, a vehicle control point, two afghan soldiers approached. they spoke with the american soldiers at some stage. we're not sure what is said. then one of these two soldiers pulled out his weapon, opened fire, killed one american soldier, killed one american contractor. then other american troops in the area responded and they killed at least three afghan soldiers and we're still waiting for some clarification on exactly what happened from the afghan government and the u.s. government is trying to put together a consistent story. >> you know u.s. troops have been on high alert all weeklong, everywhere i've gone with u.s. troops, and even in cases where we're able to relax a bit and take off our body armor, there are s
richard engel joins me here in our location in kabul. you have new details about the attack that happened in the east here this morning. >> reporter: 20% of u.s. combat deaths are now caused by these insider attacks. this latest one took place yesterday in wardak province. the american troops were setting up a checkpoint there, a vehicle control point, two afghan soldiers approached. they spoke with the american soldiers at some stage. we're not sure what is said. then one of these two...
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our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more from cairo. >> reporter: tens of thousands came, down with morsy, they shouted. leave, leave. what a change for the new egyptian president. just last week, he won praise from mediating an end to the gaza crisis. but then, riding high, morsy shocked the country, declaring his decisions above the law. leaving parliament and the courts virtually powerless. now his loyalists have pushed through a new constitution in a single day. judges call it illegal. but they have been silenced. it triggered a wave of protests. the anger is also directed to the united states, people say president obama has gone too far to embrace the muslim brotherhood and has been too quick to praise president morsy, only making him bolder to take this controversial power grab. the demonstrators say the new constitution favors the islamic extremists, and allows citizens to become morality police, and doesn't protect women enough. >> they're trying to ruin the country. this eighteen-year-old student says that the area is dominated by the religious zealots. >>. >>> p
our chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more from cairo. >> reporter: tens of thousands came, down with morsy, they shouted. leave, leave. what a change for the new egyptian president. just last week, he won praise from mediating an end to the gaza crisis. but then, riding high, morsy shocked the country, declaring his decisions above the law. leaving parliament and the courts virtually powerless. now his loyalists have pushed through a new constitution in a single day. judges...
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richard engel reports that the results are expected to be announced tomorrow. >> reporter: egyptians are waiting for the last weekend's disputed presidential election and the arab world and the middle east hangs in the balance. if the muslim brotherhood is declared the winner and the group has supporters here, egypt could fundamentally change as it starts its new experiment in muslim democracy. it's not pro-american, they are actively anti-israel and under the muslim brotherhood, egypt, the country where one in four people in the arab world live could set the tone for this entire region. if the other candidate wins, ahmed shafiq, hosni mubarak's last prime minister, the military revolution that started all of this will have failed. richard engel, cairo. >>> following weeks of rising gas prices, it seems drivers are finally getting a break at the pump. how big a break, we turn to kimberly tere live. >> reporter: garvin over the last few months we've seen a rise in gas prices, but just recently a big drop, and according to aaa, every metro area northern california has seen a drop of ga
richard engel reports that the results are expected to be announced tomorrow. >> reporter: egyptians are waiting for the last weekend's disputed presidential election and the arab world and the middle east hangs in the balance. if the muslim brotherhood is declared the winner and the group has supporters here, egypt could fundamentally change as it starts its new experiment in muslim democracy. it's not pro-american, they are actively anti-israel and under the muslim brotherhood, egypt,...
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richard engel filed this report from pyongyang shortly after the failed launch. >> reporter: this is an enormous embarrassment for the north korean government. officials have not made any kind of comment at all. they have assembled journalists in this country, about 100 reporters brought into north korea. we were expecting to see a live video feed of this launch. instead we were told by officials in washington and reports from south korea and japan that not only had the launch taken place but that it had failed. >> translator: this flying object flew for about one minute before seemingly falling into the yellow sea. >> reporter: we are told we will get some sort of comment from the north korean government, but officials we've been talking to seem to know as little as we do. we actually informed the government minders who we are with that the launch had taken place. he shrugged his shoulders, ran out of the room. so how north korea explains this away, what it tells its own people will be critical in the historic narrative of this country. but a major embarrassment. this is something t
richard engel filed this report from pyongyang shortly after the failed launch. >> reporter: this is an enormous embarrassment for the north korean government. officials have not made any kind of comment at all. they have assembled journalists in this country, about 100 reporters brought into north korea. we were expecting to see a live video feed of this launch. instead we were told by officials in washington and reports from south korea and japan that not only had the launch taken place...
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richard engel is nbc's chief foreign correspondent. richard, good to see you. >> it's good to see you here. this war has been going on a long time. the afghans remember when it started. some of the kids were just 5 and 6 years old that we spoke to. there have been some improvements for afghan people. but as we saw, it has not won the american people a lot of loyalty or many thank yous. >> reporter: there has been undeniable progress for afghans because of america's longest war. without it, many of the newborns at this kabul clinic delivered premature or after complicated pregnancies wouldn't be alive. the director of this clinic wouldn't be here either if it weren't for the war. the taliban banned women from top professions. >> it was the first time in afghanistan, i think, that a lady leading this unit. >> reporter: just a few blocks away, more changes. thousands of girls going to school. the taliban banned girls education and used this school as the headquarters. under the taliban, almost no girls went to school. now nearly three mil
richard engel is nbc's chief foreign correspondent. richard, good to see you. >> it's good to see you here. this war has been going on a long time. the afghans remember when it started. some of the kids were just 5 and 6 years old that we spoke to. there have been some improvements for afghan people. but as we saw, it has not won the american people a lot of loyalty or many thank yous. >> reporter: there has been undeniable progress for afghans because of america's longest war....
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richard engel, nbc news, tel aviv. >>> to politics now. both president obama and his republican challenger, mitt romney, are taking a holiday break from the campaign, at least publicly. behind the scenes, however, may be another matter for their strategists as they map out a long summer and a tough fight until november. nbc's mike viqueira reports. >> reporter: for mitt romney today, praise from a former rival. >> he's tough. he's much tougher than i would have thought. he's prepared to do what it takes to win. >> reporter: the race is already a dogfight, likely to be settled by independent voters in a handful of swing states. a poll shows a tightening race in three of those crucial contests, florida, ohio and virginia, with president obama holding on to a slim lead in each. >> 50% is almost a safe haven, safe territory for an incumbent. president obama is almost there. but you see mitt romney has room to grow and make this a very competitive contest. >> there are a lot of good relationships with a lot of groups. >> reporter: seeking an ed
richard engel, nbc news, tel aviv. >>> to politics now. both president obama and his republican challenger, mitt romney, are taking a holiday break from the campaign, at least publicly. behind the scenes, however, may be another matter for their strategists as they map out a long summer and a tough fight until november. nbc's mike viqueira reports. >> reporter: for mitt romney today, praise from a former rival. >> he's tough. he's much tougher than i would have thought....
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thank you, richard engel, appreciate it. now here's erica. >> reporter: turning now to latest on general david petraeus. on friday, he testified on capitol hill about the deadly attack of benghazi, libya, as new information emerges about the women involved in the scandal that ended his career. kristin welker is in our washington bureau with the latest. >> reporter: general petraeus snuck in and out of the capitol on friday, but his testimony is still making waves with lawmakers, some saying it only raises more questions about the way the administration handled the benghazi attack. we are learning that both women at the center of this scandal have tie tas go all the way to the white house. general david petraeus was whisked to capitol hill friday to testify about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. due to the fire storm surrounding his life, reporters were blocked inside the building to "spare him embarrassment." >> general petraeus's briefing was comprehensive. i think it was important. >> reporter: but his testimo
thank you, richard engel, appreciate it. now here's erica. >> reporter: turning now to latest on general david petraeus. on friday, he testified on capitol hill about the deadly attack of benghazi, libya, as new information emerges about the women involved in the scandal that ended his career. kristin welker is in our washington bureau with the latest. >> reporter: general petraeus snuck in and out of the capitol on friday, but his testimony is still making waves with lawmakers,...
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this was a group of foreign journalists including nbc's richard engel that got a rare look at the site where north korea plans to launch a communication satellite in the coming days. included views of the satellite and the three-stage rocket. north korea says the satellite is strictly for scientific purposes. but u.s. officials believe it's a cover for an intercontinental ballistic missile. >>> and this morning, syrian forces firing across the border at protesters at a refugee camp in turkey wounding a turkish translator and two syrian refugees. the regime has been stepping up shelling attacks in recent days killing dozens of civilians. tomorrow a cease-fire agreement is set to go in effect that requires troops to pull out of some of the cities. >>> the peruvian government is asking for help in freeing trapped miners calling on mining companies to bring heavy equipment and experts to free the men who have been trapped for four days. rescuers were able to communicate and provide aid to the miners. but it's been slow going with more than two dozen feet of collapsed earth. a blast set by
this was a group of foreign journalists including nbc's richard engel that got a rare look at the site where north korea plans to launch a communication satellite in the coming days. included views of the satellite and the three-stage rocket. north korea says the satellite is strictly for scientific purposes. but u.s. officials believe it's a cover for an intercontinental ballistic missile. >>> and this morning, syrian forces firing across the border at protesters at a refugee camp in...
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. >> richard engel, a quick note from your perspective. >> i agree with you. the israelis will not be happy with this speech. he talked about stop beating the drum to war, calm down. there's not an imminent threat of iran doing anything. he talked about window of opportunity for a diplomatic solution. clearly putting his faith in this sanctions process. >> we have about 20 seconds left. what's the headline if you're watching from the romney camp today? >> the president wants to debt ba debate about war and how the gop is talking about it. it's a reminder that the biggest issue has not yet happened edee >>> good morning. i'm laura garcia-cannon in for jon kelley this morning. >> i'm marla tellez. we're joining you a little bit late because of the president's special report, you may have just seen. he's spoke on a long list of subjects clag special mortgage relief program to help some. and touched on tensions of israel and iran. there's more at nbcbayarea.com and nightly news. >>> the rest of the news, today fallout from protesting around the world. video of cam
. >> richard engel, a quick note from your perspective. >> i agree with you. the israelis will not be happy with this speech. he talked about stop beating the drum to war, calm down. there's not an imminent threat of iran doing anything. he talked about window of opportunity for a diplomatic solution. clearly putting his faith in this sanctions process. >> we have about 20 seconds left. what's the headline if you're watching from the romney camp today? >> the president...
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this as a group of foreign journalists, including nbc's richard engel gets a rare look at that site where they plan to launch a communication satellite in the coming days. the tour includes views of the satellite in the three-stage rocket. north korea says it's strictly for scientific purposes. but u.s. officials believe it's only a cover for an intercontinental ballistic missile. >>> in the meantime, thousands of people gathering in the north korean capital to see a new giant portrait of late leader kim jong-il. the portrait sits alongside a painting of his father kim il-sung. work to install it began after his death in december. tens of thousands of citizens attended this cheering and waving colorful plastic flowers. a large new statue of kim jong-il is expected to be unveiled some time this week. >>> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich says he's down, but not out. today gingrich is saying that running for president was much harder than he thought. still, he's not dropping out yet. gingrich is more than $4 million in debt and running on the shoe string budget. he calls mitt
this as a group of foreign journalists, including nbc's richard engel gets a rare look at that site where they plan to launch a communication satellite in the coming days. the tour includes views of the satellite in the three-stage rocket. north korea says it's strictly for scientific purposes. but u.s. officials believe it's only a cover for an intercontinental ballistic missile. >>> in the meantime, thousands of people gathering in the north korean capital to see a new giant portrait...
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nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more inside north korea. >> reporter: this rocket is poised for launch, north korea says, to carry a satellite into orbit. but u.s. officials worry it could easily be converted into a intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the united states. the standoff comes just as this secretive isolated country allowed outsiders, journalists in for a closer look. in pyongyang we saw up to 100,000 people express devotion to kim jong-il as the giant mural of the departed leader was unveiled. the control of this society was immediately apparent. people stood in rows at attention, applauded on cue and waved pom-poms in a shimmering sea of pink, north korea's vision of a patriotic utopia. this is the first time journalists have been allowed into north korea since kim jong-un came to power and all this political et theater some provocative. >>> in other news, in washington state students are being called heroes for their thick questioning after their school bus driver suffered a medical condition during the morning commute. a seventh grader
nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more inside north korea. >> reporter: this rocket is poised for launch, north korea says, to carry a satellite into orbit. but u.s. officials worry it could easily be converted into a intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach the united states. the standoff comes just as this secretive isolated country allowed outsiders, journalists in for a closer look. in pyongyang we saw up to 100,000 people express devotion to kim jong-il as...
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we're live in cairo with richard engel. richard, good morning. >> good morning, jenna. this country is divided. the mood is tense. competing demonstrations here in cairo today. here in tahrir square, they are against president mohamed morsi, saying that he has become a dictator and is trying to rush through a constitution that allows for too much islamic law. but in a sense of the way the winds are blowing here, the crowds here are small and somewhat subdued. compare that to across the nile river, in front of cairo university, where tens of thousands of morsi supporters are gathered. they want more islamic law. they want morsi to be a strong president. so egypt can get out of its political deadlock. neither side is backing down. and egypt appears to be at a cross roads. >> richard engel. richard, thank you very much. >>> north korea says it will launch a long range rocket this month. the defiant move set for december 10th through 22nd is likely to heighten already strained tensions with washington and with seoul and it comes just eight months after a failed april attemp
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nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is there with more. richard, good day to you. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. syrian troops and rebels are still battling for control of the city of aleppo. rebels are also attacking syrian forces as they try to reach aleppo, as we saw for ourselves. attack helicopters circle over the city of arhia. from the rooftop, we hear the assault begin. we move to the alleys to find out why syrian forces are attacking this city of 70,000 in aleppo. in a make shift rebel media center, activists show me syrian tanks are also firing into arhia. the rebels have just attacked a military convoy to try to prevent reinforcements from reaching aleppo. now the convoy is attacking the city to make them pay for it. men on motorcycles tell us there are bodies up the street, many. in a mosque we find them, along with their distraught families. there seem to be many casualties here, eight bodies have been brought. they can't get them to the hospital so they're just putting ice on top of the bodies. >> reporter: the rebels in
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nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the border between turkey and syria. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. this referendum is effectively a yes/no vote on new clauses and amendments to the syrian constitution, which in principle sounds very good. it sets term limits for the syrian president, president bashar al assad would have to step down in 2014. allows for multi-party democracy and removes the syrian baath party from its central role in politics. the syrian government is presenting this as the centerpiece of its reform process, a reform process that the syrian opposition has been calling for. the problem is, there are many good clauses in the old syrian constitution which are not being respected and the opposition has no confidence that any changes to the constitution would be respected either. so, they are calling for a boycott amid this climate of ongoing violence. the opposition says at least 25 people were killed today. alex? >> we'll see what this day brings there. thank you so much. >>> pakistan is tearing down the compound where osa
nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is on the border between turkey and syria. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alex. this referendum is effectively a yes/no vote on new clauses and amendments to the syrian constitution, which in principle sounds very good. it sets term limits for the syrian president, president bashar al assad would have to step down in 2014. allows for multi-party democracy and removes the syrian baath party from its central role in politics. the...
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richard engel, nbc news, cairo. >>> back here in the states, the sisters of the man charged in the 1979 disappearance of etan patz now acknowledge their brother had said things years ago about hurting a child in new york. pedro hernandez has confessed to luring the 6-year-old into the basement of a convenience store where he worked and strangling him. neighbors are putting up a memorial in front of the building where hernandez says he killed patz. >>> vice president joe biden says the united states can now focus on a new global challenge after a long decade of war. speaking saturday at west point, biden said ending the long wars in iraq and afghanistan will allow the u.s. to replace and rebalance its foreign policy. biden delivered the commencement address to 972 jubilant graduates. >>> and finally, michelle obama was with the single ladies this weekend joining 5,000 fans at a beyonce concert in atlantic city. the first lady was with daughters sasha and malia saturday night at the brand new resort where beyonce is performing her first concert since giving birth to daughter blue ivy in j
richard engel, nbc news, cairo. >>> back here in the states, the sisters of the man charged in the 1979 disappearance of etan patz now acknowledge their brother had said things years ago about hurting a child in new york. pedro hernandez has confessed to luring the 6-year-old into the basement of a convenience store where he worked and strangling him. neighbors are putting up a memorial in front of the building where hernandez says he killed patz. >>> vice president joe biden...
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richard engel, nbc news. >>> changing gears and checking in with weather. it was gorgeous out there. what is going on out there? >> we are going to see more of the temperatures that we started to see this weekend. right now we have breezy conditions in the inner bay, mostly low 50s. you notice the wind direction and speed in fairfield. the cool breezes and marine air in the aldemont pass. we will see partly cloudy skies from high clouds. and temperatures won't change too much between now and wednesday. maybe a brief cool down on tuesday and starting thursday and friday we are talking temperatures into the 70s, close to 80s in the warmest places. the jet stream which about two days ago was right through southern california now lifting off to the california/oregon border. that is the story for tomorrow into tuesday. and the jet stream will move further to the north as we go through the week. we should see mostly 60s and low 70s early in the week with the showers staying off to the north. the second half of the week where the temperatures climb on up. tomorrow
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>> richard engel in tel aviv. thanks. >>> two american tourists have been freed hours after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in egypt. bed oh win gunmen took the women's money and valuables and then abducted them. officials are not saying how they secured their release. >>> thousands of people taking to the streets demending the end of flat mir putin's rule. nbc's jim me ceda is in moscow with the latest. >> reporter: tens of thousands oppose the ruling of putin's reign. they're demanding free and fair elections, both a rerun of parliamentary elections back in december seen as tainted by fraud as well as a transparent presidential election a month from now. now this rally behind me, very close to the kremlin has one main message and that is not a single vote be cast for putin. protest organizers hope that putin's tumbling ratings and their rising anger over not having any voice politically will push the presidential election into an unpredictable second round uncharted territory for putin who has always won big her
>> richard engel in tel aviv. thanks. >>> two american tourists have been freed hours after they were kidnapped at gunpoint in egypt. bed oh win gunmen took the women's money and valuables and then abducted them. officials are not saying how they secured their release. >>> thousands of people taking to the streets demending the end of flat mir putin's rule. nbc's jim me ceda is in moscow with the latest. >> reporter: tens of thousands oppose the ruling of putin's...
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richard engel is on the border of syria and turkey. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. efforts are continuing to try and evacuate more people from the besieged city of homs. this being carried out by the red cross and the syrian res crescent. it is, however, a very limited operation. only in the city of homs and on a very small scale. red cross officials say yesterday, they were only able to taking about about 30 people starting with women and children. critics are calling this something of a pr move saying the syrian government is simply trying to buy time to alleviate a little bit of pressure while continuing its offensive against the opposition and just today, according to opposition, at least 20 people have been killed in on going violence. >> and richard, give us a sense of where things stand right now. what does the syrian opposition want and what are the risks? >> reporter: the opposition wants weapons. they want a lot of weapons and they want a legitimate way to the receive them. probably sending them right through this corridor where i'm standing right now. the
richard engel is on the border of syria and turkey. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. efforts are continuing to try and evacuate more people from the besieged city of homs. this being carried out by the red cross and the syrian res crescent. it is, however, a very limited operation. only in the city of homs and on a very small scale. red cross officials say yesterday, they were only able to taking about about 30 people starting with women and children. critics are calling this...
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richard engel is standing by for us in afghanistan in kabul. and, richard, we keep hearing that there could be an uprising, a reprivsal as you pointed out n "nightly news" last night. still, no glimmer of that. >> so far we have not seen the kind of violent response that came after the burning of the kk koran incident. there was violence in this country, two attacks, but unclear if they were related or taken in reciprocity for the massacre that was carried out by that u.s. soldier. what the two attacks were more along the scale of the everyday kind of violence here. nine people killed in those two attacks, both of them in southern afghanistan. but this is the environment that secretary panetta did arrive to and he's expected to meet with president karzai tomorrow. >> richard engel, thanks. those familiar with this format, we'll have opening statements and questions for members of both press corpses. >> good afternoon, everyone. please, have a seat. again, it is a great honor to welcome my friend and partner, prime minister david cameron back to
richard engel is standing by for us in afghanistan in kabul. and, richard, we keep hearing that there could be an uprising, a reprivsal as you pointed out n "nightly news" last night. still, no glimmer of that. >> so far we have not seen the kind of violent response that came after the burning of the kk koran incident. there was violence in this country, two attacks, but unclear if they were related or taken in reciprocity for the massacre that was carried out by that u.s....
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nbc's richard engel is in afghanistan. ann curry has just traveled inside syria. >>> romney and obama trying to l lower expectations ahead of the first presidential debate. >> he's a debater. i'm just okay. >> but romney backer chris christie didn't get the memo. >> wednesday night the first night of this campaign. >> will this be a game-changer in the election? >>> and "i'm not perfect." arnold schwarzenegger about his failed marriage, his affairs and the child he fathered with his house keeper. >> i inflicted pain on maria and unbelievable pain on the kids. >> he prepares to release his tell-all memoir today, monday, october 1st, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live, from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, welcome to "today" on a monday morning, i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm david gregory in for matt this morning. >>> the taliban is claiming responsibility for the deadly suicide bombing in eastern afghanistan overnight. >> they were targeting a military pat
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now with more from richard engel live for us in pyongyang. good morning, richard. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. first off, south korea ships are searching for parts of the rocket. on the ground here, the celebrations are continuing unaffected by the failed launch. today tens of thousands of top military officers gathered in a soccer stadium. they were shouting loyalty and applauding the leadership of kim junk unw jung un. that is the tone here. despite the rocket's failure, this country is doubling down on its patriotism and personality. tomorrow we are expected to see a parade in the streets involved hundreds of thousands of people and likely also a military display, tanks and potentially more rockets paraded through the streets. lynn? >> all right, richard. thanks so much. >>> the city by the bay broke some weather record this week. san francisco was pounded by a line of thunderstorms that brought record rainfall and more than 750 lightning strikes. like at that. the photographer phil mcgrew captured the amazing time lapsed photo as ligh
now with more from richard engel live for us in pyongyang. good morning, richard. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. first off, south korea ships are searching for parts of the rocket. on the ground here, the celebrations are continuing unaffected by the failed launch. today tens of thousands of top military officers gathered in a soccer stadium. they were shouting loyalty and applauding the leadership of kim junk unw jung un. that is the tone here. despite the rocket's failure, this...
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richard engel is with us in new york with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the suspect has been identified as a 38-year-old staff sergeant, a veteran of multiple combat tours based in seattle at joint base louis mccourt. it was a horrendous act of rage. the shooting spree was both prolonged and methodical. afghans drove away bodies after an american staff sergeant left his base around 2:00 a.m., walked hundreds of yards to nearby afghan homes and went door to door, executing any afghan he could find. witnesses say nine of the killed were children. some shot in bed while sleeping. in this truck under a blanket, locals say it's the body of a 2-year-old. was this child taliban? believe me, i have never seen a 2-year-old taliban, she says. in a trailer behind, more blankets, more bodies. the same in another van. several witnesses claim there was more than one shooter in this rural taliban stronghold near kandahar. u.s. and nato officials say only one person appears to have been involved and apologized. >> we deplore any attack by a member of the u.s. armed force
richard engel is with us in new york with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. the suspect has been identified as a 38-year-old staff sergeant, a veteran of multiple combat tours based in seattle at joint base louis mccourt. it was a horrendous act of rage. the shooting spree was both prolonged and methodical. afghans drove away bodies after an american staff sergeant left his base around 2:00 a.m., walked hundreds of yards to nearby afghan homes and went door to door, executing any...
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richard engel covering the story from jerusalem for us. thank you, richard. >>> on a much lighter note, a spunky 6-year-old girl from virginia has become the youngest person ever to qualify for the scripps national spelling bee. previously the youngest contestant was 8 years old. lori anne madison studies trophy worthy words while apparently jumping on a trampoline. starting tomorrow she will face off with 278 other qualifiers, many of whom who are twice her age. quite the smartie pants. >>> well this guy must have thought that the heat was just too much to bear. so he hit the pool. he paddled around, didn't seem to mind the humans recording the whole thing. fortunately from behind a window at a safe distance. 7:07 right now. we turn it back over to matt, ann and al. a smart guy. getting in that pool. >> behind the window is the key. >> yeah, exactly. >> exactly. >> far, far away. >> thank you so much. meantime mr. roker, we're talking about some heat in some places of the country? >> that's right. we had record-setting heat over the weeke
richard engel covering the story from jerusalem for us. thank you, richard. >>> on a much lighter note, a spunky 6-year-old girl from virginia has become the youngest person ever to qualify for the scripps national spelling bee. previously the youngest contestant was 8 years old. lori anne madison studies trophy worthy words while apparently jumping on a trampoline. starting tomorrow she will face off with 278 other qualifiers, many of whom who are twice her age. quite the smartie...
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nbc correspondent richard engel is at camp leatherneck in afghanistan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie, u.s. marines on this base and others are on high alert after an increase in violence in kabul and a spate of the insidious insider attacks, which is changing the way that u.s. forces have to conduct this war. the suicide bomber appears to have been trolling for any foreigners in kabul for revenge against an internet movie militant groups are now using to justify their attacks. the bomber's vehicle exploded next to a small bus, killing, according to afghan police, eight russian, south african aviation contractors. the militant group hizb-i-islami says that the car bomb was carried out by a 22-year-old female and they were responsible. a female would be require in afghanistan, where few women even drive, let alone carry out attacks. there were riots in kabul on monday, and the tension from the video only adds to a far bigger problem, a spike in insider attacks. afghan forces killing their nato partners. from now on, most u.s. and afghan
nbc correspondent richard engel is at camp leatherneck in afghanistan. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie, u.s. marines on this base and others are on high alert after an increase in violence in kabul and a spate of the insidious insider attacks, which is changing the way that u.s. forces have to conduct this war. the suicide bomber appears to have been trolling for any foreigners in kabul for revenge against an internet movie militant groups are now using to justify their...
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nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in cairo with more on the presidential runoff. good morning, richard. >> reporter: good morning, tom. so far, the voting has been moderate. there haven't been any real incidents of violence, but this country is polarized, and egyptians face a very important choice. on the one hand, they can choose ahmed shafiq. he was president mubarak's last prime minister, considered close to the old regime. in fact, so close that some call him just a new mubarak. on the other hand, the muslim brotherhood's mohamed morsi, who wants to impose islamic law. that would take egypt down a very different path. now, if shafiq wins this election, which is possible, the muslim brotherhood will likely claim fraud. they will return to the streets and there could be violence. if the muslim brotherhood wins, it's a new kind of egypt under islamic law. >> we'll be watching. richard, thank you. >>> back here in the states, the father-in-law of missing woman susan powell has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, convicted of voyeurism for recording images of
nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in cairo with more on the presidential runoff. good morning, richard. >> reporter: good morning, tom. so far, the voting has been moderate. there haven't been any real incidents of violence, but this country is polarized, and egyptians face a very important choice. on the one hand, they can choose ahmed shafiq. he was president mubarak's last prime minister, considered close to the old regime. in fact, so close that some call him just a...
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. >> let's get to richard engel. he's in cairo, which also saw its share of demonstrations yesterday at the embassy. richard, i wonder how much concern and fear there is that this will spread. we have a producer in afghanistan who said that the government has turned off youtube there for fear that people there will watch this video and similar violence will erupt. >> reporter: and that is possible. there is a precedent. if you'll remember in 2006, in february, there was an obscure cartoon in a danish newspaper that nobody in the middle east could even read to make out the captions. that caused deadly violence across the region. now people know that this video exists. the video has arabic subtitles. people can see it for themselves. it is getting a lot of publicity by the demonstrators who want to denounce it themselves. so, yes, there is a possibility that in countries like indonesia or pakistan or afghanistan where there have been these kind of inflammatory demonstrations, that we could see another round of them. wa
. >> let's get to richard engel. he's in cairo, which also saw its share of demonstrations yesterday at the embassy. richard, i wonder how much concern and fear there is that this will spread. we have a producer in afghanistan who said that the government has turned off youtube there for fear that people there will watch this video and similar violence will erupt. >> reporter: and that is possible. there is a precedent. if you'll remember in 2006, in february, there was an obscure...
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natalie. >> richard engel, covering the story for us out of cairo. thank you, richard. >>> voters head to the polls for primaries in virginia, nevada, south carolina. all eyes are on arizona where gabrielle giffords is campaigning to help her handpicked successor ron barber clinch a win in the special election there. giffords resigned from congress in january after the 2011 assassination attempt left her gravely wounded. investors enthusiasm for spain is fading, markets on edge today. mandy drury at the new york stock exchange with more on how this could impact our markets. mandy, good day. >> good day to you. the relief rally did not last long. how much the spanish bank bailout could help contain the euro debt crisis. however, a u.s. central bank efficient fueled speculation u.s. central bank and federal reserve could do more to stimulate the u.s. economy and pump up growth here. that all comes as we get a new federal reserve study showing the financial crisis wiped out 18 years of gains of wealth for the average u.s. family, essentially a nearly 40
natalie. >> richard engel, covering the story for us out of cairo. thank you, richard. >>> voters head to the polls for primaries in virginia, nevada, south carolina. all eyes are on arizona where gabrielle giffords is campaigning to help her handpicked successor ron barber clinch a win in the special election there. giffords resigned from congress in january after the 2011 assassination attempt left her gravely wounded. investors enthusiasm for spain is fading, markets on edge...
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>> richard engel in cairo. once again here's savannah. >>> the bodies of four americans are being flown back to the u.s. today as some of the relatives speak out about the victims for the first time. >> 52-year-old ambassador chris stevens died as extremist attacked the consulate in benghazi. stevens will be remembered not just for his courage but for his hope for libya. his passion for the region so strong, his family says it outweighed any fear he had of being there. >> he's been in these countries for so long that i haven't really reflected approximate how dangerous the work that he was doing actually was. he's so focused on the joyous time and his diplomatic mission, he didn't even go into really talking too much about how afraid he was for his life. >> while senator john mccain praised stevens as a dedicated diplomat, hillary stevens remembers her big brother in a more personal way. >> he had a great sense of humor, always a jokester. >> shawn smith, an air force veteran joined the state department a decad
>> richard engel in cairo. once again here's savannah. >>> the bodies of four americans are being flown back to the u.s. today as some of the relatives speak out about the victims for the first time. >> 52-year-old ambassador chris stevens died as extremist attacked the consulate in benghazi. stevens will be remembered not just for his courage but for his hope for libya. his passion for the region so strong, his family says it outweighed any fear he had of being there....
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. >>> we want to get right to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. he's in cairo for us once again. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, from tahrir square. this the iconic place that became the scene of massive demonstrations from the united states, calling for more democracy. now, there is an ongoing clash here as some demonstrators are trying to attract u.s. embassy, which is right on the edge of this square and you can see fear gas being fired from egyptian security forces trying to keep the demonstrators away from the u.s. embassy wall. a similar scene today in yemen, as an angry mob attacked the u.s. embassy compound in the city of sanaa a state department official says that all u.s. personnel that the embassy in sanaa have been accounted for and appear to be safe. another assault on a u.s. embassy, this time in yemen. protesters threw stones at the embassy walls in the capital, sanaa. they climbed the gate, set fires, and raised posters denouncing a once-obscure u.s.-based internet movie that portrays the prophet
. >>> we want to get right to nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. he's in cairo for us once again. richard, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah, from tahrir square. this the iconic place that became the scene of massive demonstrations from the united states, calling for more democracy. now, there is an ongoing clash here as some demonstrators are trying to attract u.s. embassy, which is right on the edge of this square and you can see fear gas...
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richard engel. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. syrian troops are launching a major counteroffensive trying to maintain control of the city of aleppo. it is about 30 miles to the northeast of here. aleppo is considered critical to the survival of the syrian government. it is the biggest city in this country, a city of about 3 million people, and it is syria's commercial capital. witnesses say that aleppo has now been surrounded and is being shelled by syrian troops. syrian troops had to leave this village in order to join the attack on aleppo when villagers here worry about the thousands of civilians who remain trapped inside aleppo and under attack. hoda? >> richard engel, thanks so much. >>> penn state's trustees are responding to the ncaa's unprecedented sanctions for the first time, calling the $60 million fine and four-year bowl game ban part of a "difficult and unfortunate punishment." but the trustees acknowledge that the alternative, a so-called death penalty, on the school's football program would have been worse, this as
richard engel. >> reporter: good morning, hoda. syrian troops are launching a major counteroffensive trying to maintain control of the city of aleppo. it is about 30 miles to the northeast of here. aleppo is considered critical to the survival of the syrian government. it is the biggest city in this country, a city of about 3 million people, and it is syria's commercial capital. witnesses say that aleppo has now been surrounded and is being shelled by syrian troops. syrian troops had to...
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savannah. >> richard engel in cairo for us. thank you. >>> back here out west wildfires in san diego town in california have forced evacuations of some 150 homes. in northern colorado a highly destructive fire has consumed at least 181 homes. that's the most in state history. >>> a ten hour standoff turned a suburb of philadelphia into a battlefield after a new jersey police officer barricaded himself into his estranged wife's home with some 2,000 rounds of ammunition. neighbors were evacuated as he reportedly opened fire on police injuring one officer. he surrendered overnight and is now in police custody. >>> london police investigating an assault complaint against tennis player david nalbandian. the 30-year-old lost his temper when his opponent took the lead during the queens club final kicking a plywood box surrounding the judge's chair. he apologized but the kick disqualified him costing him a shot at the title and leaving the judge's leg bleeding. this is not the first time he's had an outburst. he was fined $8,000 back i
savannah. >> richard engel in cairo for us. thank you. >>> back here out west wildfires in san diego town in california have forced evacuations of some 150 homes. in northern colorado a highly destructive fire has consumed at least 181 homes. that's the most in state history. >>> a ten hour standoff turned a suburb of philadelphia into a battlefield after a new jersey police officer barricaded himself into his estranged wife's home with some 2,000 rounds of ammunition....
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richard engel has that story. good morning. >> reporter: this could be a wake-up call for people to start seeing that infrastructure is national security. for the last ten years, the united states has made its national security priority spreading democracy to towns most people have never heard of in iraq and afghanistan. we've spent over a trillion dollars. we're still spending about 3$30 million a day to do that project. as new yorkers are finding themselves without a home and infrastructure is taking such a beating, maybe people are going to start to ask, is there a better way? new york city, surrounded by water. and now partly under water. the perspective you get from up here is that this is going to take weeks, maybe months. it isn't over yet by a long shot. there's still water down there now? >> yes. we have water almost up to the mezzanine here. >> reporter: at the tip of manhattan, the south ferry subway station is simply out of commission. from where we are at the top of this water, the top of the flooding
richard engel has that story. good morning. >> reporter: this could be a wake-up call for people to start seeing that infrastructure is national security. for the last ten years, the united states has made its national security priority spreading democracy to towns most people have never heard of in iraq and afghanistan. we've spent over a trillion dollars. we're still spending about 3$30 million a day to do that project. as new yorkers are finding themselves without a home and...
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nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in gaza this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt, it is not a good time to be a hamas military leader on the strip. they are being systematically picked off, killed in their homes, in cars, on motorcycles, many have gone into hiding, turning off cell phones, avoiding all usual locations. israel's war to stop hamas' rockets continued. with 100 strikes in the air and from the sea. hamas is still able to launch homemade, iranian made rockets towards southern israel and tel aviv. there were around 40 new launches today. not all are hitting their mark because in israel there's a new national hero, the mobile iron dome defense system, proving to be the most effective of its kind in the world. of the thousand rockets israel says hamas fired in the last six days, about a third have been intercepted by the iron dome. in gaza, there are no air defenses at all, and israel appears to have superb intelligence, locating and destroying individual hamas homes at will. this four story house was fl
nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in gaza this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt, it is not a good time to be a hamas military leader on the strip. they are being systematically picked off, killed in their homes, in cars, on motorcycles, many have gone into hiding, turning off cell phones, avoiding all usual locations. israel's war to stop hamas' rockets continued. with 100 strikes in the air and from the sea. hamas is still able to launch...
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natalie. >> richard engel reporting in cairo. thanks so much. >>> a frantic 911 call has been released made by rodney king's fiancee cynthia kelly after she found his body at the bottom of the pool over the weekend. >> how old is he? >> rodney king. the guy that got beat by the police. >> okay. how old is he? >> he's 47 years old. he's not moving. he's at the bottom of the swimming pool. >> are you able to go in the pool and get him? >> no, i can't swim. understand he's at the bottom. i'm gonna open the door. oh, my god. help please. >> king was later pronounced dead sunday in a california hospital. the case is under investigation as an accidental drowning. police say there were no signs of foul play. >>> a new wrinkle in britain's efforts to extradite julian assange over questioning of sex crimes. ecuador says it is considering assange's request for political asylum there. assange is fighting his extradition and denies allegations against him. >>> a tussle between justin bieber and a photographer is under review by los angeles c
natalie. >> richard engel reporting in cairo. thanks so much. >>> a frantic 911 call has been released made by rodney king's fiancee cynthia kelly after she found his body at the bottom of the pool over the weekend. >> how old is he? >> rodney king. the guy that got beat by the police. >> okay. how old is he? >> he's 47 years old. he's not moving. he's at the bottom of the swimming pool. >> are you able to go in the pool and get him? >> no, i...
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>> richard engel continuing there in pyongyang. thank you, richard. >>> a u.s. military hybrid aircraft has crashed during a training mission in southern morocco, killing two american soldiers. more than 1,200 u.s. troops are in morocco for military exercises. >>> it's case closed into the investigation into whitney houston's death. police say there will be no charges filed, as evidence suggests the singer died accidentally. meanwhile, the 911 call to police from the hotel where houston died has been released. >> i need paramedics. apparently i've got a 46-year-old female found in the bathroom. that's all i've got right now. but they're requesting paramedics. >> the call does not mention the singer by name, as you heard. >>> now let's head to wall street. cnbc's mary thompson is at the new york stock exchange for us. and mary, the market made a little bit of a rebound wednesday. >> that's right, natalie. stocks snapping a five-day losing streak as the earnings season got off to a strong start. today investors will focus on comments made by the vice president of
>> richard engel continuing there in pyongyang. thank you, richard. >>> a u.s. military hybrid aircraft has crashed during a training mission in southern morocco, killing two american soldiers. more than 1,200 u.s. troops are in morocco for military exercises. >>> it's case closed into the investigation into whitney houston's death. police say there will be no charges filed, as evidence suggests the singer died accidentally. meanwhile, the 911 call to police from the...
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nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in pyongyang with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. today, north korea began what will be two weeks of official celebrations here. it's all designed to reinforce the transition of power from the late kim jong il to his song, kim jong un. in one of pyongyang's main squares today, a sea of people expressed joy for their great leader and eternal president. and praise for his descendants. what stirred their excitement was this. a giant mural unveiled today of the late kim jong il. and when the assembly was over, the thousands just walked away. orderly, no trash left behind, uniformed schoolchildren, families and workers, simply left. in a nearby park, accompanied by a government minder, kim wang yong says that everyone supports the state. you think it's a good system for north korea? >> everybody understands and they uphold the line of our party. >> reporter: this weekend, journalists were taken by train to a military base to see this. north korea says it's an observation satellite that wil
nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in pyongyang with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. today, north korea began what will be two weeks of official celebrations here. it's all designed to reinforce the transition of power from the late kim jong il to his song, kim jong un. in one of pyongyang's main squares today, a sea of people expressed joy for their great leader and eternal president. and praise for his descendants. what stirred their...